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A. H. MERRILL.

Wat-er Can. No. 242,017. Patented'May 24,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. MERRILL, OF CROMWELL, CONNECTICUT.

WATER-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,017, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed November 4, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. MERRILL, of Cromwell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Water'Cans; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view Fig. 2, a longitudinal central section Fig. 3, a section through one of the tumbler-holders.

This invention relates to an improveinentin water-cans such as are used in railway-cars, carried through the car by water-boys to the passengers While in their seats. Usually one vessel is used for carrying the water and a second to receive the waste.

The object of this invention is to combine the two vessels in one; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

A represents the can, which may be of any usual or desired shape, provided with the usual handle,B, cover C, and pouring-spout D.

E E are the tumbler-holders, which are in the form of cups, corresponding to the lower part of the tumbler, so that it may be set therein. These holders are attached to any convenieiit point on the can, preferably one each side the spout, as seen in Fig. 1.

The interior of the can is divided by a partition, F, so as to form a space or chamber, G, at the bottom, the partition F completely isolatin g the chamber G from the chamber H above.

From each of the tumbler-holders E a tube,

a, leads through the sides of the can to a conductor, d, which opens into the chamber G at the rear or point e opposite the spout, so that water poured into the holders E will flow directly into the chamber G.

The water for drinking is poured into the chamber H, and thence poured out through the spout D, in the usual manner. The waste is poured into the holders E, flowing directly into the waste-chamber G, and because the conductor for the waste opens at the rear end of the chamber G, it follows that when the water-can is tipped, as for pouring, the Waste will flow to the front end of the chamber G and away from the aperture 6, so that there is no liability of the waste flowing out through the holders E.

The conductor d should be inclined downward from the front, as shown, so as to insure the passage of the waste readily and entirely into the chamber G before the can is again tipped.

A waste-discharge, L, from the chamber G is provided from any convenient point.

It will be understood that the arrangement of the conductors from the holders E to the chamber Gr may be varied according to the position of the holders.

I claim- The herein-described water-can, constructed with a water-chamber and a waste-chamber, and one or more tumbler-holders attached to the can, with a conductor leading therefrom to the waste-chamber, substantially as described.

ARTHUR H. MERRILL. 

